Magnificent M&M Milkshakes
It's "M" Week at our school! Last week's post was
chocolaty and low in sugar. T
his week's post was just as chocolaty however it does not cut calories.
The three main ingredients include:
2 cups of milk
2 large scoops of vanilla ice cream
A medium sized bag of M&M chocolate candies
(Milk, ice cream and candy amounts needed will depend on how many will be drinking the milkshake!)
You will also need: a blender, an ice cream scooper, a measuring cup, small wooden mallets or play hammers, small Dixie cups and small Zip-lock sandwich bags.
Recipe Steps:
- 1. First, we placed a handful of M&M's into the Zip-lock bags (one for each student!) and zipped them closed.
- 2. Next, the students were instructed to MASH the M&Ms with a hammer, all while singing the following jingle: Mommy Made Me Mash My M&Ms to the tune of "Do Re Mi"! The students loved MASHING away at their candied coated chocolates!
- 3. Next, we took turns scooping vanilla ice cream into our MIXER
- 4. Then, we took turns pouring the MILK into our MIXER
- 5. Finally, the children came up one-by-one and emptied their MASHED M&Ms into the MIXER!
- 6. Lastly, we turned on the MIXER and watched it MIX and MASH our ingredients together!
- 7. We poured a small portion of the MILKSHAKE into Dixie cups and distributed to each student so they could taste a sample of the oh-so-yummy M&M MILKSHAKE that they MASHED, MEASURED and MIXED!
Additional Recipe and Therapy Tips:
- This is a delicious and easy treat to make at school or at home!
- M&Ms can be substituted with any candy to honor the letter or theme of the week at your school!
- Using hammers, scooping ice cream, pouring milk and opening and closing Zip-lock bags are all wonderfully hands-on activities to hold student interest AND exercise OT skills!
- Don't forget to SING! The little ditty MOMMY MAKES ME MASH MY M&Ms is a wonderful way to practice saying the /m/ sound, stringing words together and adding to the fun! Have each student sing a solo and let their speech skills really shine!